A Platform for Play — Today, we're proud to share a new platform for play. The Zynga Platform is designed with two simple goals: more access to the best social games and more people to play with. In a few days we're turning on a beta of Zynga.com which will feature our most popular games …

AT&T Caps Unlimited Data Plans … An AT&T store in New York. AT&T said it will no longer let customers use unlimited data without penalty. — AT&T Inc. is effectively ending unlimited data plans, saying that it will no longer let customers use more than a set amount of data per month without penalty.

Et Tu, Google? Android Apps Can Also Secretly Copy Photos — It's not just Apple. Photos are vulnerable on Android phones too. — As Bits reported earlier this week, developers who make applications for Apple iOS devices have access to a person's entire photo library, as long as that person allows the app to use location data.

Readability for iOS Review — The official Readability app for iOS, available today on the App Store, had a complicated history with Apple and its approval process. Since Readability relaunched last year with an ambitious focus on publishers and “read anywhere”, the service struggled …

Brizzly is shutting the cave door — It's never easy to be the bearer of bad news. Luckily, there's plenty of good news along with it. — First: Brizzly is shutting down at the end of this month — I know this stands in stark contrast to the last post I wrote, wherein I said that …

The Credit Card Is The New App Platform — This is a guest post written by Reid Hoffman, Ali Rosenthal and James Slavet from Greylock Partners. — Credit and debit cards are ubiquitous, but they're mostly pretty dumb. That's about to change. Over 170 million people in the U.S. have credit cards …

Kim Dotcom's first TV interview: 'I'm no piracy king' … Campbell Live has spoken exclusively with Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom in his first TV interview since being arrested. — Dotcom faces a barrage of FBI charges relating to the operation of his file sharing company Megaupload.

ARM Chips Go From Smartphones to Networks — ARM Holdings Plc (ARM), whose chip designs are used in most smartphones, is set to power the networks that run them as it steps up competition with Intel Corp. in a $9 billion market. — With ARM already working with Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) …

OnLive brings Windows desktops in cloud to Android — Already available for Apple's iPad, OnLive Desktop launched for Android devices on Thursday. The free software, available in the Android Market, allows tablets and smartphones to run an instance of Windows 7 through the web.

Keeping Google From Watching Your Searches — Worried about Google collecting data about your online searches? — An online privacy start-up called Abine is rolling out a tool Thursday that promises to help people keep their search information secret. The tool, called Protected Search …

NSA builds Android phone for top secret calls — Blueprints released to public. — The National Security Agency (NSA) has developed an ultra-secure Android phone built using off-the-shelf kit that allows US Government staff to discuss top secret materials.

Exclusive: Facebook seeking bigger credit line: sources — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc plans to increase its $2.5 billion credit line to help cover a major tax hit when employee stock awards vest shortly after it goes public, according to two sources familiar with the company's plans.